福建省宁德市普通高中毕业班质量检查英语试卷

During ______ afternoon, the rain became smaller, but towards__________ evening, there was a sudden landslide that buried the village.

It is reported that the ______ in Libya is hotting up.

Mother told me in a phone call that she had written to me a week before, but I haven’t received__________.

The general secretary stressed that what he had just said was only his _________view, not official intentions.

Some drunken drivers think that they may be lucky to __________ a fine, which may cost their own lives.

I really don’t know how to express my thanks to Mr. Li, my high school English teacher, without whose help I__________ to college that year.

A lot of food as well as some tents _________to Yushu since the earthquake occurred.

—I am searching one online shopping site after another for a computer.
—So __________I before I decided to buy a new camera.

Though the story of Li Yunlong in the TV drama “Bright Sword” is a fiction, much of __________happened is historically true.

I think that this is the best mobile phone available in the world. No other one can ________it.

At that time, the movie “Shaolin Temple”, _________Li Lianjie plays the starring role, drew the world’s attention to Chinese Kungfu.

At the meeting, the headmaster said that the government should prevent such things as hurt children ________again.
A. happening         B. happen             C. to happen          D happened

I am sure that the girl you are going to meet is more beautiful_______ than in her pictures.

—I wonder why the thinnest plastics bags, though ________ , are still in use here.
—Well, it’s no easy job to solve this problem effectively.

—Be seated, please and I’ll make you a cup of tea.
—_________. Let’s come to the point first.

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was standing on stage before 200 people, dressed up as George Washington. I had the lead role in my sixth grade  36  and, for the past two months, I had walked back and forth in my room  37  to say my lines.
Now it was time to give a  38  , and my heart was beating rapidly. At my  39 , I began to speak smoothly and clearly, but then it  40  : I stuttered（口吃）. I knew I would, and I did.
From that moment on, I  41  that my role in that play would be my first and my last. My speech problem affected  42  .
As a child, I struggled to say a full sentence, repeatedly hearing the  43  comments of my parents. “Take a deep breath and think about what you’re going to say.” I was too  44  to admit I had a problem.
 45  my school career progressed my speech problem became less noticeable, but it never 46  . It held me back.
After realizing that class officers had to speak in front of the entire student body, I  47 running in class elections . I feared reading aloud and meeting new people.
I would  48  sit in my room and cry, imagining what it would be like to be  49 , like everyone else.
Finally, I came to my senses. I read articles about famous people who 50  their speech problems. I  51  the fact that I do have a problem that will always be with me.
It has made me a 52  person and, with time, I know I’ll gain the confidence to stand up and 53  to myself that it will never hold me back.  54  , I know that I’m not the only one who  55 , because nobody is perfect.
  

A．play B．game C．dance D．concert

A．desiring B．waiting C．struggling D．hesitating

A．test B．performance C．suggestion D．judgment

A．sight B．angle C．news D．turn

A．happened B．seemed D．remained

A．urged B．promised C．admitted D．repeated

A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything

A．exciting B．surprising C．puzzling D．annoying

A．ashamed B．willing C．weak D．eager

A．Though B．As C．Before D．Unless

A．failed B．disappeared C．burst D．combined

B．put off C．approved of D．gave up

A．never B．seldom C．sometime D．constantly

A．normal B．special C．usual

A．realized B．refused C．overcame D．avoided

A．doubted B．changed C．hid D．faced

A．stronger B．greater C．wiser D．purer

A．explain B．prove C．respond D．scream

A．On the contrary B．On the other hand C．Above all D．At most

A．attempts B．argues C．suffers D．risks

The Golden Gate Bridge, the first sight for many people arriving in the United States by ship, is a well-recognized landmark, which spans(横跨) the Golden Gate Strait.
The idea for a bridge across the strait had been around for many years, but it was not easy to get the project started. The construction of the bridge finally began in 1933. The construction work set new standards for safety----workers were among the first required to wear hard hats, and an innovative（革新的） safety net saved the lives of nineteen men while the bridge was built. The Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937, which was finished ahead of schedule.
Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer in charge of the bridge project. However, he had little experience with the construction of suspension（悬浮）bridges. For this reason, other engineers, architects, and designers made great contributions to the design and construction of the bridge. For example, the bridge owes its art style and unique orange color to the architects Irving and Gertrude Morrow. Charles Alton Ellis was the main engineer on the project and did much of the technical work necessary to build the bridge.
Today, the Golden Gate Bridge has a main span of 4,200 feet and a total length of 8,981 feet, making it one of the longest bridges in the world. The bridge is 90 feet wide, and its span is 220 feet above the water. The towers supporting the huge cables (巨缆) rise 746 feet above the waters of the Golden Gate Strait, making them 191 feet taller than the Washington Monument. About 40 million cars cross the bridge every year. There are foghorns（雾角）to let passing ships know where the bridge is, and aircraft beacons（信号灯）on the tops of the towers to stop planes from crashing into them.
The purpose of the passage is to _______.

Safety innovations during the construction of the bridge included ________.

It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refers to ________.

TOEFL stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language, which assesses the proficiency (熟练) of English language of a person in an academic setting. Various institutions, scholarship programs require this test as a trusted and effective indicator of a person’s ability to communicate in English.

TOEFL is available in CBT----Computer-based Technology, PBT----Paper-based Technology and IBT----Internet-based Test formats（形式）to assess the proficiency of English Language. IBT TOEFL is a four-hour test comprising sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing. In areas where internet-based test is not available, a paper-based test (PBT) is given. PBT is a three-hour test comprising four sections: Listening, Structure and Written Expression, Reading Comprehension and Writing.
Taking TOEFL test opens many doors to get admission in foreign universities. More than 7500 colleges, universities and agencies in more than 130 countries rely on TOEFL test scores to check proficiency for English Language. It is very convenient to take this test and it is available in 165 countries world wide.
It measures your academic skills that whether you are ready to study or train at under graduate or post graduate level in foreign universities or not. In the test candidates are provided with a passage from text books and questions based on lectures, and you can be asked to speak or write in response related to that passage.
As the test is made up of 100 % academic questions, so many universities consider it the most effective test, while taking any admission. To take TOEFL test you should:
-----Improve your writing skills;
-----Improve your vocabulary;
-----Practice other reading passages on the TOEFL Test;
-----Be familiar with the format of the test;
-----Practice for listening test on the TOEFL test.
To take admission in World’s famous Harvard University, the minimum TOEFL score required is 587 on the paper-based test, 240 on the computer-based test, or 94-95 on the internet-based TOEFL.
The underlined word “comprising” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

Which section is Not included in IBT TOEFL?

According to the passage, many students are required to take TOEFL test probably because the test can________.

What would be the best title for the passage?

As the world prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, a new report details the progress and challenges girls face in getting an education.
The report – from the Education for All Fast Track Initiative – highlights the importance of girls’ education for economic(经济的) and social development. It follows progress in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mauritania, Mozambique and Niger.
Prema Clarke, author of Fast-tracking Girls’ Education, says, “Progress for girls’ education is that they can leave their homes, leave their families and come to a place to study and to learn.  And that’s a big achievement because otherwise these girls have to stay at home, looking after their brothers and sisters, doing the cooking or doing the cleaning.”
She says progress toward the Millennium Development Goals and those of Education for All “is allowing and enabling girls and forcing countries to look at this issue(问题) and to ensure that interventions (干预) help girls attend school.”
Benefits
Improving education for girls brings many benefits, says Clarke. “It means that girls can then enter the workforce. They can look after their own families much more effectively. They can prevent child death rate. They can educate their own girl children when they begin to expand their own families.” Studies show that having an educated female population helps to improve a country’s health and economic well-being.
Warnings
The report says, “In developing countries, too many girls are not in school, and many girls face continuing health risks and danger just walking to class.”
“Especially in the fragile and post-conflict countries and in many of the African countries, this is a real issue,” she says. Till now, the interventions have been so focused on providing schooling and providing teachers, etc. And now I think there is much more expanded focus on looking at specific（特定的）communities of girls within at-risk groups that now need much more specific attention and much more creative solutions(解决方法) to help them attend school.”
The underlined word “highlights” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

According to Clarke, improving education can provide girls with all the opportunities EXCEPT _______.

This passage is intended to _____.

A．promote the progress in girls’ education

B．talk about the benefits of improving girls’ education

C．give some information about the education girls are facing

D．sing high praise for the girls’ education

It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

With fears of a possible nuclear meltdown(核反应堆堆芯的熔毁) in Japan building up, evidence has come to light that the nation received warnings over the stability of its power plants from an international watchdog more than two years ago.
　　As the Telegraph is reporting, an official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in December 2008 that safety rules were out of date, and strong earthquakes would cause a “serious problem” for the power stations.
　　A U.S. embassy document, by quoting（引用）an unnamed expert, states: “He (the IAEA official) explained that safety guides for earthquakes have only been updated three times in the last 35 years and that the IAEA is now re-examining them. Also, the presenter noted recent earthquakes in some cases have gone beyond the design basis for some nuclear plants, and that this is a serious problem that is now driving earthquake safety work.”
　　The Telegraph also reports that the government responded to the warnings by building an emergency response center at the Fukushima Daiichi plant designed to resist magnitude-7.0 earthquakes. Friday's earthquake, originally named a magnitude-8.9 shock, has since been upgraded to magnitude-9.0.
　　Other nuclear experts state IAEA officials had willingly ignored lessons from the Chernobyl disaster to protect the nuclear industry's expansion, reports Bloomberg. “After Chernobyl, all the force of the nuclear industry was directed to hide this event, for not creating damage to their reputation,”Russian nuclear accident specialist Iouli Andreyev tells Reuters, before noting that radiation from spent fuel rods（棒）stored close to reactors at Fukushima looked like an example of putting profit before safety. “The Japanese were very greedy, and they used every square inch of the space. But when you have a dense(密集的) placing of spent fuel in the basin, you have a high possibility of fire if the water is removed from the basin.”
From the passage, we know that ____________.

A．people fear that the nuclear meltdown will possibly become more and more serious in Japan

B．people are becoming more and more afraid of a possible nuclear meltdown in Japan

C．Japan made no response to the warnings over the safety of its power plants

D．Iouli Andreyev warned Japan not to store spent fuel rods close to reactors

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

IAEA officials were willing to ignore lessons from the Chernobyl disaster because they want ________.

The writer develops this passage mainly by__________.

Sublet.com is not just for sublets (转租，分租) and subleases（转租入，转租出）! If you are searching for a place to live or just need temporary rental housing, you will find the rental you need at Sublet.com. Sublet.com is a full service rental website where landlords(房东), tenants(房客) and roommates come together to rent apartments, houses and rooms.
At sublet.com tenants can search and find every type of rental housing. Sublet.com landlords rent and sublet apartments, houses, townhouses, rooms, hotels, Bed and Breakfasts, mobile homes, vacation rentals and dormitory rooms. Sublet.com rentals and sublets meet every demand: pet friendly rentals and subleases, furnished or unfurnished rentals, short term or long term rentals, roommates, rentals and sublets for tenants with bad credit and obviously rentals for tenants with good credit. At Sublet.com tenants can search for rentals in many different ways. Search rentals by location neighborhood, by zip code(区号), by specific rental needs like doorman, pets, high speed internet, no smokers and more.
If you are a landlord and you have an apartment, house, townhouse or room to rent, post it for free at Sublet.com. Post your apartment or house for a 1 year lease, for a one week rental or even for a 1 day rental. Whatever your rental goals are, sublet.com will help by sending quality rental leads(线索). Sublet.com also offers landlords a complete tenant screening service. At Sublet.com you can conveniently run credit reports, employment reports, criminal background checks to evaluate the quality of a tenant..
Sublet.com does not share personal information. Even email addresses are not accessible to landlords or tenants. Sublet.com does not save credit card information. Sublet.com posts a TRUSTED logo(专用标识) for landlords that have been screened and checked. And tenant reviews of landlords are posted with each listing to express the quality of a rental or a landlord. Since all landlords with tenant complaints are blocked, the length of time a landlord has been posting is shown to indicate the quality of the landlord.
At Sublet.com, _________.

A．tenants with bad credit can not find their rentals

B．tenants can not find the rentals which provide Bed and Breakfasts

C．landlords can post a flat or a room to rent without paying any money

D．landlords and tenants are informed of each other’s email addresses

This passage is probably_________.

People can do all the following at Sublet.com EXCEPT_________.

The purpose of the last paragraph is probably to_________.

A．attract more tenants

B．prove that sublet.com is the best

C．refuse people with bad credit

D．convince landlords and tenants of their privacy and security

短文填词 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文,根据以下提示: 1)汉语提示,2)首字母提示,3)语境提示,在每个空格内填人一个适当的英语单词,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
The Malaysian singer Fish Leong is called the "queen of love songs".
Many of her songs about love are very _______(流行的). Recently she     
. ___________
has published another new CD, which is her __________(第九) CD        
___________
and about love _________well. "The songs are so beautiful and          
___________
exciting that they m _________me to tears," she said.                   
____________                  
When ________(问) what love means to her, Leong said: "Love is like      
. ____________two spoons in a bowl. No matter ________ the meal tastes, we need to      ____________               
share it _________ our partner."  Leong put out her first CD when she      
___________
was still in school. Besides s_______, eating and cooking are her two       
____________
other i_______. She likes to make the new dishes she sees at home.          
____________
It can take hours, but Leong said it's great f________. She often invites       ___________
her family and friends to taste her food.

书面表达 (满分25分)
假如你是宁德市某中学的一名学生，为了结合你校开展的“感恩教育”活动，英语教研组决定举办一场以“感恩”为主题的英语短文比赛。请你根据以下提示用英语写一篇短文。短文要点如下：
1. 感恩对象: 如父母、老师。
2.感恩理由: 如父母养育之恩、老师培养之恩……
3.感恩方式: ……
注意：
1. 可根据内容要点适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译；
2. 文中不得使用真实的校名和人名；
3. 词数：120左右；
3. 短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Always Be Grateful
As is known to all, it is one of the Chinese traditional virtues to be grateful to_____________
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